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== Getting Started == | == Getting Started == | ||
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See the following time line for an example of known information: | See the following time line for an example of known information: | ||
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Use an analysis chart to help you identify what you already know about your ancestor and to evaluate what that information may suggest. The following chart is a sample: | Use an analysis chart to help you identify what you already know about your ancestor and to evaluate what that information may suggest. The following chart is a sample: | ||
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| MY ANCESTOR '''Analysis Chart''' for My Ancestor: Daniel Currie Hill | | MY ANCESTOR '''Analysis Chart''' for My Ancestor: Daniel Currie Hill | ||
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| '''What Do I Know About My Ancestor?''' | | '''What Do I Know About My Ancestor?''' | ||
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*Evaluate what that information may suggest. | *Evaluate what that information may suggest. | ||
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| POSSIBLE MATCH One Record Time Line for a Possible Match: Daniel Hill (name) | | POSSIBLE MATCH One Record Time Line for a Possible Match: Daniel Hill (name) | ||
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| '''Date''' | | '''Date''' | ||
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Use an Analysis Chart to help you identify what you know about the possible match person and evaluate what that information may suggest. The following chart is a sample of an analysis chart: | Use an Analysis Chart to help you identify what you know about the possible match person and evaluate what that information may suggest. The following chart is a sample of an analysis chart: | ||
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| POSSIBLE MATCH '''Analysis Chart''' for a Single Record: Daniel Hill (name of person) Upper Canada Land Petitions (name of record) | | POSSIBLE MATCH '''Analysis Chart''' for a Single Record: Daniel Hill (name of person) Upper Canada Land Petitions (name of record) | ||
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| '''What Do I Know About the Possible Match?''' | | '''What Do I Know About the Possible Match?''' | ||
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== Background == | == Background == | ||
Once you find enough information about the person you are researching, you must decide if | Once you find enough information about the person you are researching, you must decide if a possible match person was your ancestor. You can tell by the events of their lives (and by the people they associated with) which of the possible matches was or was not your ancestor. | ||
Too many genealogists find a hopeful individual with the right name and then try to establish a connection between that person and their known ancestors. Almost always, such attempts end up with erroneous connections. | Too many genealogists find a hopeful individual with the right name and then try to establish a connection between that person and their known ancestors. Almost always, such attempts end up with erroneous connections. | ||
Correct connections must be built by working back from known information to the unknown, by building your ancestor's identity based on the | Correct connections must be built by working back from known information to the unknown, by building your ancestor's identity based on the events and people in their lives. | ||
It is very important to develop the skill of analyzing carefully, and thus being able to come to good conclusions. | It is very important to develop the skill of analyzing carefully, and thus being able to come to good conclusions. | ||
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*Information on events that are not yet proved but may help identify your ancestor. | *Information on events that are not yet proved but may help identify your ancestor. | ||
A word processor is a useful tool when making a time line, because you can easily insert new information between | A word processor is a useful tool when making a time line, because you can easily insert new information between dates. To print a copy of a time line, click here. | ||
You can also do a time line for just one specific record to help you see clearly the contents and value of that record. To print a working copy of a time line for a specific record, click here. | You can also do a time line for just one specific record to help you see clearly the contents and value of that record. To print a working copy of a time line for a specific record, click here. | ||
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*Check other records to see what the possible match person did after this record was made. Migration can be a good clue: | *Check other records to see what the possible match person did after this record was made. Migration can be a good clue: | ||
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| bgcolor="#ffff99 | | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | '''Migrated?''' | ||
*If the possible match person migrated to a new location, does that eliminate him or her because you have a burial record or other proof that your ancestor remained in the old location? | *If the possible match person migrated to a new location, does that eliminate him or her because you have a burial record or other proof that your ancestor remained in the old location? | ||
*If the possible match person migrated to a new location, could this be your ancestor, and you did not know he or she had moved? | *If the possible match person migrated to a new location, could this be your ancestor, and you did not know he or she had moved? | ||
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*Probate records (wills, administrations, inventories). | *Probate records (wills, administrations, inventories). | ||
See the [[Canada | See the [[Canada Record Finder]] to help you decide which records to search. <br>To locate these records: | ||
*Search the Internet as an increasing number of indexes—many with links to images—are added daily. | *Search the Internet as an increasing number of indexes—many with links to images—are added daily. | ||
*Use the | *Use the FamilySearch Catalog. Remember to check town, county, province, and national records. | ||
*Contact local and provincial libraries, societies, and archives. | *Contact local and provincial libraries, societies, and archives. | ||
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[[Category:Canada | [[Category:Canada]] | ||
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